Washington, D.C. – Rep. Paul Cook (R-Apple Valley) today voted for H.R. 3590, the Halt Tax Increases on the Middle Class and Seniors Act. The bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 261-147.

H.R. 2646 reforms the nation’s broken mental health system by refocusing programs and removing federal barriers to care. The legislation establishes an Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to run the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMSHA) and helps coordinate mental health programs across the federal government.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Paul Cook (R- Apple Valley) voted for HR 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015. This bill passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 280-140. Cook is an original cosponsor of this bill.

The Medical Innovation Act of 2015 eliminates the tax on medical devices that was included in the President’s 2010 health care law. This legislation now heads to the Senate where repealing the medical device tax also has bipartisan support.

Washington, DC – Rep. Paul Cook (R-Apple Valley) voted today to pass H.R. 30, the Save American Workers Act. The bill passed the House today with bipartisan support. Cook was an original co-sponsor of the bill.

The bill repeals the 30-hour definition of full-time employment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and restores the traditional 40-hour definition. Under current law, those employees who work 30 hours or more per week are considered full-time employees and companies must shoulder the burden of providing health benefits to them.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Paul Cook (R – Apple Valley) voted in favor of S. 1086, the Child Care and Development Block Grant of 2014. This bill will secure and improve existing vital child care services to 1.5 million children nation-wide. This bill passed the House of Representatives with wide, bipartisan support.

WASHINGTON – Today, Rep. Paul Cook (R – Apple Valley) voted in support of H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Care Protection Act. This bill will help American workers keep their health care plans and will give Americans in the group health insurance market the opportunity to keep their policies through 2019.